Write the poem only you can write.

Some difficulty is warranted and other difficulty I think is gratuitous. And I think I can tell the difference. There are certainly very difficult poets that I really enjoy reading.

There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly the pattern of weird poetry.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.